312 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
have a liberal shift. Give good drainage, and pot firmly with lumpsd 
fibrous peat and sandy loam, combined with a small quantity of sphagnum 
moss. When in full growth these plants must be plentifully supplied wit 
water at the root, and at other times kept always moist. By syringing well 
up under the foliage two or three times a day in warm weather they may 
easily be kept free from insects, which, if left undisturbed, quickly disfigur 
the leaves. As the plants become re-established, cut this year’s flowering 
shoots down to the roots, and tie out the new growths, so that light and ar 
may pass freely between them. The lightest part of the intermediate hous 
will suit all Sobralias admirably. 
Another genus of Orchids that does not find favour with amateus 
generally is Schomburgkia, owing, no doubt, to the difficulty of getting 
the plants to bloom freely. But I consider it possible, with careltl 
attention, by placing the plants in various positions and carefully noting 
where they do best, that the successful blooming of these distinct plants 
may be accomplished. Schomburgkia crispa is the only species that flowers 
here with anything like regularity. It is grown in the Cattleya hows, 
standing down amongst the Cattleyas and receiving exactly the same 
treatment. Other species, as S. undulata and S. Lyonsii (which latte 
bloomed here for the first time last month, and another plant will soon 
opening its pretty flowers), both do well treated exactly the same 4 the 
Mexican Lelias. S. tibicinis and S. Sanderiana, which have hollow” 
cow’s-horn-like pseudobulbs, grow well hanging close to the roof glass ™ 
the same house. All of them, when growing freely, will take any quantity 
of water at the root, but when growth is completed they should receive less 
moisture, and be placed where they will get the least amount of shade 
plenty of fresh air, which will harden and mature their growths, and induct 
them to flower regularly. 
By this time some of the spring-flowering Cattleyas, as C. Triane - 
C. Mendelii, will have completed their growths, and consequently they . 
require less moisture at the root and all the sunlight possible, s0 that the 
newly-formed bulbs may be properly hardened and matured, and thus 
Prepared to withstand the drain upon their resources when the ee 
Season arrives. When the growths of the above-mentioned spec e 
mature, the plants should be watered only at long intervals, receiving ? 
Sufficient to keep the bulbs and leaves from more than slightly shrivellits 
ei — must be given to induce the plants to make plenty of rm 
which, 
: if properly watered, they will continue to do throughout . 
winter. On the other hand, it should be remembered that too mie the: 
at the root or in the atmosphere is one of the principal cae ae 
black rot, so often observable amongst this beautiful class of Orchids, a 
is therefore the safest and best plan to err rather on the dry side ee 
the wet. It is exceedingly difficult to advise inexperienced cultivators * ’ 
